Sarah Fellon (’05): “The International Environment and Development program was the perfect ‘capstone course’ for my undergraduate work, because it provided real world experience to complement my three and a half years of academic learning. As a political science major at Elizabethtown, I learned about organizations like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, NGOs like Population Action International and Africa Action, and government agencies like USAID and the Department of State. IED opened my eyes and the door to many of these places and made their work and their employees real to me. This semester was also instrumental in illustrating the enormous scale of poverty that exists in developing countries. After visiting South Africa and Mozambique, I again came away with a deep gratitude that I have had the privilege of living in America, but also with a sense of moral responsibility. Having been immersed in the topic of development for an entire semester and having spent nearly a month in the developing world, it becomes harder to forget that people are living on less than a dollar a day and simply being grateful is no longer enough.” (Internship: SOS Children’s Villages)
